glutSolidSphere(3GLUT) GLUT glutSolidSphere(3GLUT)

NAME
glutSolidSphere, glutWireSphere - render a solid or wire-
frame sphere respectively.

SYNTAX
void glutSolidSphere(GLdouble radius,
GLint slices, GLint stacks);
void glutWireSphere(GLdouble radius,
GLint slices, GLint stacks);

ARGUMENTS
radius The radius of the sphere.

slices The number of subdivisions around the Z axis
(similar to lines of longitude).

stacks The number of subdivisions along the Z axis
(similar to lines of latitude).

DESCRIPTION
Renders a sphere centered at the modeling coordinates ori-
gin of the specified radius. The sphere is subdivided
around the Z axis into slices and along the Z axis into
stacks.

SEE ALSO
glutSolidCube, glutSolidCone, glutSolidTorus, glutSolidDo-
decahedron, glutSolidOctahedron, glutSolidTetrahedron,
glutSolidIcosahedron, glutSolidTeapot

AUTHOR
Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@sgi.com)

GLUT 3.2 1